I am afraid you have hit a problem of B&O's making here. Instead of using new codes for N.Radio and N.Music, they used old codes imagining that no-one would still be using cassettes or LPs. This may well be the case, but the poor old Beomaster 7000 doesn't know that! Your other problem is that the only way to get the BM7000 working around

Pretty simple really if you mean the passive speakers. You need an MCL cable to plug into speaker 2 of the 7000 system - this has two 3 pin DIN plugs on and the right and left are clearly marked - it is important which way round they go! The other end is bare wire and there are 7 wires, colour coded there. The MCL2A has connections inside and the connections

Superb thread - I am going to pin this as it is a beautifully written and illustrated guide. Do please keep adding! Martin, you are a complete star!

You have purchased probably the most advanced VCR made by B&O. It is however the most complex and has a tendency to overheat. I do have a working one though I rarely use it as it either needs a particular B&O set or an external sensor to get the most out of it. I don't have the service manual but hope to relatively soon. A friend is on the

I would also suggest that you listen to some Pentas first! You are not that far from Lee at Lifestyle AV in Eastbourne - he will have some Pentas set up - always have a listen before you buy - you may hate them!

To add a little caution here, I too have Pentas and like them a lot. However these are the active versions. The passives will be at least 17 years old and may well need new drivers as mentioned before. From a sound quality point of view, I would identify the following: 1. They sound much better when you are sitting down. This is because the tweeters

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It will work fine with any amplifier with a dedicated Phono input - you will need a DIN to RCA adapter though and an extra earth from the casing of the DIN plug to the earth on the amplifier.

Congratulations - though I dare say Jo will be having kittens if she is reading this! Hope your co-drivers are as skilled as you in having no brakes - do the airbags work!

It certainly should do as any good loudness circuit is designed to have lass effect at higher volumes. Unfortunately B&O put less and less information in the manuals - look at the Beolab 5000 amplifier service manual as a comparison!